Actor Prem Chopra is among five persons against whom an FIR has been lodged here for allegedly cheating a man in the name of role in a film.

Actor Prem Chopra is among five persons against whom an FIR has been lodged here for allegedly cheating a man in the name of role in a film, police said today.

The case was lodged yesterday with Subhash chowk police station on directives of a local court, they said.

Wasim Khan alleged in the complaint that the accused promised him a role in their film and took Rs 3.5 lakh from him in February last year. Khan said he never got the role and his money was not returned.